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jefferson, truman, johnson and. were the four. also four failed because of economic crisis or failure to act to deter such a crisis. jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt, the 37 downturn and george bush. eight who failed due to their inability to lead congress were jefferson, monroe, grant, wilson, truman, johnson, nixon and george bush. two failed due to who boris. franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. four who did not effectively communicate their agendas or initiatives were jefferson, monroe, grand and cleveland. the dominant force of failure for a second term presidents has been there in the ability to successfully to work with congress. lee eight second term presidents have face trouble their second term due directly to the fight between congress and the white house. having a congressional majority of their own party is no assurance of relief. those presidents who served with the congress having majority of the opposing party during a second term included wilson, eisenhower, nixon, reagan and clinton. the compet
jefferson, truman, johnson and. were the four. also four failed because of economic crisis or failure to act to deter such a crisis. jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt, the 37 downturn and george bush. eight who failed due to their inability to lead congress were jefferson, monroe, grant, wilson, truman, johnson, nixon and george bush. two failed due to who boris. franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. four who did not effectively communicate their agendas or initiatives were...
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you can watch for the full version of the debate between third party candidates joel stein and gary johnson do so on our website artsy dot com well even before it's begun voting on election day already faces disruption this new to the devastating storm tore through america's east coast and some measures introduced to avoid those breakdowns threaten the transparency of the process as art is more important now reports from new york. for the first time in history americans are embracing election day in the shadow of a deadly super storm that left behind a trail of devastation and voting disruptions here in new york city sixty polling sites have been relocated due to the unprecedented damage caused by sandy just one week ago city officials say military trucks will also be used as makeshift polling stations in areas still without electricity this is of course to ensure that citizens were all be able to cast their votes in their writing jersey millions are being allowed to cast their ballot by fax mail or online the last minute decision was made after a reported two hundred fifty polling sites in
you can watch for the full version of the debate between third party candidates joel stein and gary johnson do so on our website artsy dot com well even before it's begun voting on election day already faces disruption this new to the devastating storm tore through america's east coast and some measures introduced to avoid those breakdowns threaten the transparency of the process as art is more important now reports from new york. for the first time in history americans are embracing election...
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at the time the vietnam war was raging millions of students were in the streets and president lyndon johnson throughout nine hundred sixty eight was working desperately to bring a negotiated end to the vietnam war he finally got both the north and the south vietnamese to agree to terms of peace and by late september there was only a meeting in paris to seal the deal and then the cia brought l.b.j. a wiretap they'd intercepted between the nixon for president campaign and the office of president of south vietnam million two nixon basically told them that if they refused to go to the peace talks or at least refused to go along with the peace agreement that l.b.j. had worked out with them the nixon would give them a much better deal after the election l.b.j. was furious this was trees and because he could listen to the cia phone intercepts he knew that richard nixon was at the heart of it so he called the senior republican in the united states senate everett dirksen one of the most honorable men to hold a senate leadership position in generations and he told ever dirksen what was going on take a
at the time the vietnam war was raging millions of students were in the streets and president lyndon johnson throughout nine hundred sixty eight was working desperately to bring a negotiated end to the vietnam war he finally got both the north and the south vietnamese to agree to terms of peace and by late september there was only a meeting in paris to seal the deal and then the cia brought l.b.j. a wiretap they'd intercepted between the nixon for president campaign and the office of president...
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in the civil rights act, lyndon johnson needed 110 republicans to pass the civil-rights act. he was opposed vehemently by the democratic party and you failed to mention that. you are being extremely selective. as far as california legislature, willie brown gender -- gerrymandered us with democrats controlling. are broken overspent and overtaxed. our senators are not helping us. guest: i actually don't think i am being that selected. lyndon johnson on the civil rights act, had great support from the northern democrats and the western democrats. was able to overcome the southern democrats opposition with the help of the republican party. i said that about everett dirksen so i am not really being that selected. i do think my book touches a bark -- upon the origins of the problems we have today, the toxic politics of america started in the late 1970's. one of the problems, very frankly, was the opposite -- was proposition 13 in 1978, the tax revolt that rolled in from california. i think the first basic no-tax pledge, the revolt of 1978, has been greatly responsible for californi
in the civil rights act, lyndon johnson needed 110 republicans to pass the civil-rights act. he was opposed vehemently by the democratic party and you failed to mention that. you are being extremely selective. as far as california legislature, willie brown gender -- gerrymandered us with democrats controlling. are broken overspent and overtaxed. our senators are not helping us. guest: i actually don't think i am being that selected. lyndon johnson on the civil rights act, had great support from...
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and i do agree, speaking with a coworker erika johnson, she thinks that something that polls might be missing, if mitt romney wins tomorw it might be a different look at polling. neil: it might not affect presidential race, because of lot of states affected by storm, new jersey and new yorkre blue, but particular affect editorial races, a well the might take angst, a lot of close congressional races could be decided at the anger at incumbent? >> it has to do with what you supported going in. if you had hard-core support for a person, you are probably not going to change over this, if you were on the fence, you think your elected officials are not doing a good job. well, it is fema that ran out of water. there a genrattors in central park, you might top take it out to somebody, that somebody could be barack obama he is the incumbant president, came in for a photo op with a ice cream cone, a lot of people are hurting and with cold weather coming in these are dire circumstances, i would not be a bit surprised itf voters took it out across the board on their elected officials. neil: ladie
and i do agree, speaking with a coworker erika johnson, she thinks that something that polls might be missing, if mitt romney wins tomorw it might be a different look at polling. neil: it might not affect presidential race, because of lot of states affected by storm, new jersey and new yorkre blue, but particular affect editorial races, a well the might take angst, a lot of close congressional races could be decided at the anger at incumbent? >> it has to do with what you supported going...
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five days after barry goldwater's landslide lock to linden johnson in 1964. conservatives, including william f. buckley and brent bozell sr. didn't waste time cursing the darkness. instead they founding something called the american conservative union. they took it upon themselves to plot out a and short-term strategy for their cause which was conservatism. the pathway at that point was cleared for fresh voices and new approaches. acu friend ronald reagan became governor in california in 1967. the movement slowly but surely grew in popularity. and his 1980 victory. reagan converted democrats not by adopting democrat views. but instead by convincing them that conservative solutions offer the only hope for american renewal. we need to do that same thing again. and that's the memo. now on to the top story. reaction. joining me from new york. republic strategist dee dee ben can i and from nashville, tennessee, republic chip saultzman who was the manager of governor mike huckabee's 2008 presidential bid. okay. it's great to see you. we will start with you dee dee
five days after barry goldwater's landslide lock to linden johnson in 1964. conservatives, including william f. buckley and brent bozell sr. didn't waste time cursing the darkness. instead they founding something called the american conservative union. they took it upon themselves to plot out a and short-term strategy for their cause which was conservatism. the pathway at that point was cleared for fresh voices and new approaches. acu friend ronald reagan became governor in california in 1967....
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he is not channeling lyndon johnson. he seems to be channeling teddy roosevelt. >> we are all defining ourselves a decade we were directly involved with. but he is going to have to get more involved in this business of legislating. clinton was directly involved with the balanced budgets and the surplus -- i remember getting calls from him late at night. i was wondering what he was doing up. [laughter] i guess i'm going to begin to act a little bit like a republican. first of all, while the democrats want him i would not call this mandate. it's a mandate, it is for the president and the congress to start working together. he doesn't talk to the members of congress. democrats will tell you that. he hasn't been engaged. the problem is not -- it is not enough revenue. it is too much spending. now, i sound like a republican. the solution is we will have to find some way to get more revenue and the way to do it that would still provide growth in the economy -- we will have to get entitlement reform and control spending. and if
he is not channeling lyndon johnson. he seems to be channeling teddy roosevelt. >> we are all defining ourselves a decade we were directly involved with. but he is going to have to get more involved in this business of legislating. clinton was directly involved with the balanced budgets and the surplus -- i remember getting calls from him late at night. i was wondering what he was doing up. [laughter] i guess i'm going to begin to act a little bit like a republican. first of all, while...
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but johnson saw the world through that prism. he could not comprehend, for instance, that north vietnam's leaders did not want a hydroelectric dam-they wanted a country, and would fight for it as long as it took to win. do you look for early clues? franklin roosevelt's relatives were so dismissive of his seriousness that they said, "fdr stands for 'feather duster roosevelt'." but no one was better suited by temperament to lead america through the great depression and the second world war. is psychology an insight? well, consider johnson, nixon, ford, reagan, clinton, obama, all were men whose fathers were missing from their lives, or who had failed in their work. but these presidents were very different leaders. or consider john kennedy his private life was reckless enough to cast grave doubt on his judgment but in the cuban missile crisis, with the fate of the world literally at stake, he was cautious, prudent and that helped avoid disaster. >> when i pressed david mcculloch, he did offer two traits critical to any president, fi
but johnson saw the world through that prism. he could not comprehend, for instance, that north vietnam's leaders did not want a hydroelectric dam-they wanted a country, and would fight for it as long as it took to win. do you look for early clues? franklin roosevelt's relatives were so dismissive of his seriousness that they said, "fdr stands for 'feather duster roosevelt'." but no one was better suited by temperament to lead america through the great depression and the second world...
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just have a feeling that w don't know what's really going to happen. >> michael, just the fact that johnson, vietnam, you think about foreign policy or things often are the things that define for positive or negative president's legacy and we can't anticipate will happen in four years for obama. >> absolutely. >> it's been a on the stage, michael beschloss. >> indeed. and one or two things may happen in the middle east and it may be very soon. >> and as mark halperin points out who could have predicted back on twitter during this hour. >> hold the presses. the biggest event of the last year. >> it is the biggest mentioned frosties two segments ago, all i'm thinking about. >> priorities. areh/ running on very little sleep. thank you from the depth of my heart, especially to you, news presidential historian adult in the room. >> you're in bad shape, friendliest way. our package, our power panel, johnan ace halperin that is all for see you tomorrow> noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacificn joined by joy reed governor ed rendell, eric baits deep into the 2012 voter data cave with my buddy and author s
just have a feeling that w don't know what's really going to happen. >> michael, just the fact that johnson, vietnam, you think about foreign policy or things often are the things that define for positive or negative president's legacy and we can't anticipate will happen in four years for obama. >> absolutely. >> it's been a on the stage, michael beschloss. >> indeed. and one or two things may happen in the middle east and it may be very soon. >> and as mark...
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11:30, a behind- the-scenes look at life as a teenager in the white house with susan ford and linda johnson. just after 1:00, scientists using gaming skills and gaming. to solve more problems. >> florida republican senator marco rubio was in iowa over the weekend as the keynote speaker at a political fundraiser for republican governor terry branstad. the event marked the governor 65th birthday and took place in altoona, iowa. this is about 45 minutes. >> are you ready? it is now my honor to introduce tonight's great speaker senator marco rubio. [applause] senator rubio first served in the florida house of representatives from 2000 to 2008 and was elected to the u.s. senate in 2012. in the u.s. senate, he serves on commerce, science and transportation, foreign relations, intelligence, and small business and entrepreneurship committee. he has the courage and tenacity to stand up to washington's reckless spending and assaults on the free enterprise system. he is the type of elected officials that we need to restore fiscal discipline in this country and champion job creation. if you ask me, ame
11:30, a behind- the-scenes look at life as a teenager in the white house with susan ford and linda johnson. just after 1:00, scientists using gaming skills and gaming. to solve more problems. >> florida republican senator marco rubio was in iowa over the weekend as the keynote speaker at a political fundraiser for republican governor terry branstad. the event marked the governor 65th birthday and took place in altoona, iowa. this is about 45 minutes. >> are you ready? it is now my...
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also tim johnson's son who is a u.s. attorney out there is thought to be a possible candidate for the uflt s. senate. virginia lieutenant governor bill bowling who just yesterday said he was not running for governor as a republican, he may run as an independent in the gubernatorial race in 2013. when he announced yesterday he would abandon the republican contest, he said he was suspending his campaign. then he went on to say he would be a more independent voice in the election. he said, quote, once we get the session behind us, we'll take a look at the political land came and see how things are coming together. there's a teary if terry mccough live, ken cuccinelli, that there will be room in the middle. we'll see. >>> wall street appears optimistic after speaker boehner voiced confidence on wednesday that republicans can broker a deal with the white house to avoid a fiscal cliff. cnbc's becky quick is here. what has more impact? the weekly jobless claims which have some sandy issues involved or the fiscal cliff talks? >>
also tim johnson's son who is a u.s. attorney out there is thought to be a possible candidate for the uflt s. senate. virginia lieutenant governor bill bowling who just yesterday said he was not running for governor as a republican, he may run as an independent in the gubernatorial race in 2013. when he announced yesterday he would abandon the republican contest, he said he was suspending his campaign. then he went on to say he would be a more independent voice in the election. he said, quote,...
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i'm going to vote for gary johnson. but when i look at what has budged in the last couple of years in terms of things i'm interested in, hasn't really -- i haven't gotten so much from reasoning or gary johnson, hasn't be coming so much from the cueto institute. it's been the tea party and it's been ron paul that have really pushed core libertarian issues to the forefront to the point where talking about the fed is no longer crazy talk. and i appreciate that and those people come out of the conservative side and i'd like to see some more deliverables from the liberals. so bill, get to work. [laughter] >> jim? >> i want to thank everybody for coming, for at least the brief period i've been through. i want to thank the young americans and my colleagues for being here with me. this is a very interesting election. it's really the first in my lifetime that i can't with any degree of confidence predict to you what the outcome is going to be. mitt romney -- if you put a gun to my head right now, i would say there was probably g
i'm going to vote for gary johnson. but when i look at what has budged in the last couple of years in terms of things i'm interested in, hasn't really -- i haven't gotten so much from reasoning or gary johnson, hasn't be coming so much from the cueto institute. it's been the tea party and it's been ron paul that have really pushed core libertarian issues to the forefront to the point where talking about the fed is no longer crazy talk. and i appreciate that and those people come out of the...
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johnson. have a great night. >> while you watch her election night coverage literature might go online to our election have. you'll find interactive maps with election results in the presidential race and the senate, house and governors contest. updates on the balance of power in congress, plus track the state balance initiatives all in real-time as the results coming. election have at c-span.org. >> i like the give-and-take. i like the balanced approach. and i also like to hear the collars. i don't call myself a like to hear the collars. some are unusual to say the least. c-span is everywhere. c-span in washington is just every defense, you know, small hearing, public policy meeting, downtown. c-span just seems to be there. >> steve austin watches on horizon. c-span, created by an american cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service on your television provider. >> next, a debate of issues important to younger voters in this presidential campaign. panelist and american spectato
johnson. have a great night. >> while you watch her election night coverage literature might go online to our election have. you'll find interactive maps with election results in the presidential race and the senate, house and governors contest. updates on the balance of power in congress, plus track the state balance initiatives all in real-time as the results coming. election have at c-span.org. >> i like the give-and-take. i like the balanced approach. and i also like to hear the...
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johnson's book. >> yes, one minute. >> my ultimate vision is of a housing finance housing, finance, and real estate system flexible to the capability of every individual family we should define a system that shows people what they're able to afford and builds their mom tument toward ownership by giving them savings vehicle, counseling and information. the possibility are endless. if people have ebbing any their home and want to use it. the system should make judgment to how much to let them use. they should allow flexibility based on economic capacity. we should invite families to think about home ownership and prepare for it. chills goes down the spine of the view. what was driving it was more and more debt more and more leverage. that was the only thing fannie and freddie were interested in. the -- businesses were mortgages. they wanted more of them. the bigger house, the higher -- lower down payment, the higher mortgage -- whatever it was was all a way to increase the profit potential. that's the system the way the private-public system was devised. thank you. .. after words with thi
johnson's book. >> yes, one minute. >> my ultimate vision is of a housing finance housing, finance, and real estate system flexible to the capability of every individual family we should define a system that shows people what they're able to afford and builds their mom tument toward ownership by giving them savings vehicle, counseling and information. the possibility are endless. if people have ebbing any their home and want to use it. the system should make judgment to how much to...
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host: faw host: fawn johnson? guest: there is a concern if you immigrants bunch of democra -- they are poor, there is medicaid and other social benefits and there is a concern that will cost. the caller said she was on social security. it would be helpful to have a broader group to help pay for social security. that is something i'm concerned about. a question about whether or not we will cost more or benefit more. economists have gone to this in a number of different ways. you can tinker with some of that when you do a bill. you can say, you cannot be eligible for medicaid. that is an issue and they will be negotiating it. host: there was a story on the immigration issue. one part discussed why obama might fall short on the issue. host: talk about that. guest: this is my favorite part of the conundrum. this is not like health care. this cannot be done on a partisan basis. we have democrats who will never vote for something like this. probably a five in the senate. itat might be enough to kill senate. you have to
host: faw host: fawn johnson? guest: there is a concern if you immigrants bunch of democra -- they are poor, there is medicaid and other social benefits and there is a concern that will cost. the caller said she was on social security. it would be helpful to have a broader group to help pay for social security. that is something i'm concerned about. a question about whether or not we will cost more or benefit more. economists have gone to this in a number of different ways. you can tinker with...
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gary johnson is on the ballot. what role will third-party candidates have in close states in close races? guest: there was some concern early in virginia in terms of what the impact would be there. what you normally see, unless there is a strong campaign out there, you see about 1% of the total vote being split up between these candidates. that could make a difference in some of these close states. it is hard to predict. you are not getting enough in your sample. guest: i agree. it is tough to predict. we are seeing gary johnson get a little bit more earlier. mexico is a state that had been close. he was a governor there and that could have been close. host: a lot of you calling in on the election tabulation. we will be focusing on this tomorrow morning on "washington journal." we will be talking with the legal director with the lawyer's committee. we will talk about how the votes are tabulated and how they are checked and cross check. the national journal has this on its recent cover. republicans need more of thes
gary johnson is on the ballot. what role will third-party candidates have in close states in close races? guest: there was some concern early in virginia in terms of what the impact would be there. what you normally see, unless there is a strong campaign out there, you see about 1% of the total vote being split up between these candidates. that could make a difference in some of these close states. it is hard to predict. you are not getting enough in your sample. guest: i agree. it is tough to...
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challenge for democrats is that it is time to help unify power and government whether it was under johnson, carter, clinton, obama, they have seen their support among whites and plunge it said the delay. the challenge of convincing a much of white americans to benefit them is still on the table. the number you need to convince -- >> one of the problems the democratic party has had is that it has not been willing to defend government. it has always been specific. maybe obama learned something from his first term in terms of putting things into perspective. his victory speech had some of those elements. >> we will turn to the audience. please identify yourself. please say who you are. >> ok. david's point about the homogeneity of the house. what will the country do with this monumental number of issues? they have the potential of the extreme and destructive to our domestic economy and world economy. does that homogeneity mean it will be impossible to get a compromise? all of you might want to comment on that. >> before the election and, we were heading for the most polarized congress in hist
challenge for democrats is that it is time to help unify power and government whether it was under johnson, carter, clinton, obama, they have seen their support among whites and plunge it said the delay. the challenge of convincing a much of white americans to benefit them is still on the table. the number you need to convince -- >> one of the problems the democratic party has had is that it has not been willing to defend government. it has always been specific. maybe obama learned...
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. >> i'm carolyn johnson. this is election update for you. polls in california now closed and the counting has begun. let's take a look first at santa clara. measure a voters went to polls to vote fon measure a, a question of raising sales tax to fund services we're getting results in. we'll bring them to you as soon as we can. >> we hope to do the same for measure d in san jose raising minimum wage from 8ss today $10 an hour. >> let's focus now on some of the social media become such a huge part of the election like never before, really. >> candidates and others are turning to this. abc 7 news is following it all and joins us live from the newsroom. >> as voting wraps up, waiting game begins as you just saw just a moment ago. on twitter the state of ojai yes is trending nationally and here in the bay area. let's me tell you comedians are having a field day with this. boys comedy tweets ohio and florida haven't been this important since lebron left, referring to lebron james, and one says wow, ohio stretch it out. all eyes on you. drama queen
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we're delighted to welcome gregory johnson who is at princeton and the author of the newly released book. i want to make sure this is is seen by all of you. it is available outside as well. already the book came out as getting tremendous bond. it is an unusual book that demonstrates the tremendous access of the mn and put it in the context of being acceptable. i cannot commend it enough for you. i would like to welcome both of our guests here. >> thank you. thank you yemen has been a very major portion of the arab spring. we lived with them for almost two years. it is from the arab spring. they have been going through a lot of transitions lately. they made sure this is not new. it is not linked to spain. how does this have an impact? this is something to work carefully. what are they doing from this? the subjects is about al qaeda over not the peninsula. now we're seeing that they could go over again. the approach that has been taking a look which was mostly about a security solution that focused on supporting security units with the regime, it is mostly an evolving throwing it back. of
we're delighted to welcome gregory johnson who is at princeton and the author of the newly released book. i want to make sure this is is seen by all of you. it is available outside as well. already the book came out as getting tremendous bond. it is an unusual book that demonstrates the tremendous access of the mn and put it in the context of being acceptable. i cannot commend it enough for you. i would like to welcome both of our guests here. >> thank you. thank you yemen has been a very...
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[laughter] but i have this image of lyndon johnson spinning in his grave at the idea that there is the president of the united states that has minimal interaction of congress, especially some of his own party. republicansorget and tea party people. forget them. just in his own party, wander around the hill, as all of you do all the time, and ask democratic members of congress, how much personal interaction do you have with the president? i hate giving political credit for anything, but they have that piece back in may that pointed out that the president, as of may, had not had a single conversation this year with the their kent conrad, chairman of the senate budget committee, where tom harkin, phone or in person, this year. now, you could talk about the party obstructionist, this and that, but if you are not talking to keep people in your own party. i checked with the unofficial historian of the contemporary presidency. the president played golf 104 times. the know how many members of congress have played golf with him? two. that is it. there are 40 basketball games that are known, and
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he is not channel lyndon johnson. he seems to be channeling teddy roosevelt. >> well, we are all defined ourselves by the decades we were directly involved. but he is going to have to get more involved in the messy business of legislating. he is going to have to provide some leadership. when bill clinton was president, we got things done. welfare reform, put ability of insurance. balanced-budget and a surplus. clinton was directly involved. i remember getting a call from him at weird hours of the night. [laughter] >> i always wondered what he was doing a. [laughter] >> but he would know the section of the bill and how much money was in it. and i remember there was one like the children's health care thing and he said, i don't know, let's add 10 million more. but we made some concessions to him and he made concessions to us and we got the job done. but i guess now i'm going to begin to act a little bit like a republican. first of all, while the democrats won, i would not call this a mandate. there is a mandate, it is f
he is not channel lyndon johnson. he seems to be channeling teddy roosevelt. >> well, we are all defined ourselves by the decades we were directly involved. but he is going to have to get more involved in the messy business of legislating. he is going to have to provide some leadership. when bill clinton was president, we got things done. welfare reform, put ability of insurance. balanced-budget and a surplus. clinton was directly involved. i remember getting a call from him at weird...
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lyndon johnson. but something happened. could pete wilsonnd proposition 187 which was a restrictive, punitive measure directed at immigrants in califondia what i time whenia immigrants were exploding in california. now california, republicans are reduced to a white party and an increasingly less white state. >> if you take it election after election, and as the white share falls, as the minority share rises, republicans are basically-- just starting out the election-- are losing 1.7% of theote every four yevers. it's going down. they have to work a lot harder and they have no margin of er r. >> ifill: let me turn this on its head. is it a bigger problem for president obama to not be able to win white voters? >> it is definitely a problem. the losing of the white vote is a problem. the losing the white working class is the classic roblem foss the democratic party. ithink john kerry lost white working voters by 27%. president obama will probably be back down this time.th the difference is the white share of the electorate is
lyndon johnson. but something happened. could pete wilsonnd proposition 187 which was a restrictive, punitive measure directed at immigrants in califondia what i time whenia immigrants were exploding in california. now california, republicans are reduced to a white party and an increasingly less white state. >> if you take it election after election, and as the white share falls, as the minority share rises, republicans are basically-- just starting out the election-- are losing 1.7% of...
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joining me now, glen johnson politics editor and christina. thank you both for joining me. >> thanks. >> jay carney said we're not near the finish line in the fiscal cliff talks but both sides sunsetting optimistic they can reach a deal. why is compromise all of a sudden not a dirty word? >> one reason is you had a presidential election the president was reelected and republicans realize they have to broker some deal and we have no idea what the parameters look like. a lot of that on friday was playing to the cameras and showing a friendly face. no accident the president gave speaker boehner some wine and wanted to make sure the reporters knew he was wishing him a happy birthday, trying to put out a friendly face. what will really happy behind closed doors a handful of negotiates will start talking numbers and both have shown a willingness to adjust their numbers. the only hard line is the president said he wouldn't sign a continuation of a tax cut for the top 2%. and the congressional leaders at the same time realize they have very big and di
joining me now, glen johnson politics editor and christina. thank you both for joining me. >> thanks. >> jay carney said we're not near the finish line in the fiscal cliff talks but both sides sunsetting optimistic they can reach a deal. why is compromise all of a sudden not a dirty word? >> one reason is you had a presidential election the president was reelected and republicans realize they have to broker some deal and we have no idea what the parameters look like. a lot of...
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bush, although johnson, for the narrowest margin of victory ever for successfully reelected president all that tells us i think is that we are a very divided country to obama, demography gives democrats an opportunity to build a majority coalition that will have some legs. they have won the popular vote five of six election to the difficulty in holding white voters while in office is something i think is a real challenge in executing the opportunity that demographic change provides. i mean, two things are remarkable, that in many ways this campaign shows the weakness of both sides, that republicans are unable to win even 20% of minorities, and a sitting democratic president could not even 40% of whites. both parties are looking and structural challenges into the state to come and the chance that obama had still a robust majority coalition i think was not realize, but demography still gives him an edge spent want to g go to kristen. >> so i focused very heavily on young voters. for the last for years it's been my personal crusade to try to figure out how can the right wing more young v
bush, although johnson, for the narrowest margin of victory ever for successfully reelected president all that tells us i think is that we are a very divided country to obama, demography gives democrats an opportunity to build a majority coalition that will have some legs. they have won the popular vote five of six election to the difficulty in holding white voters while in office is something i think is a real challenge in executing the opportunity that demographic change provides. i mean, two...
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ron johnson joins me now. senator, welcome to the program. what can you tell us about this morning and what we learned. did the ball get advanced into this investigation in benghazi? >> i came away from that hearing with the conclusion that this administration mislead the american public for a couple weeks after that attack and used ambassador rice as the tool to go on the sunday news programs to do part of the large job of that misleading. when she went on those talk shows and said in fact this was a spontaneous reaction to the video she knew full well it wasn't in fact. there was certainly doubt about that. this administration understood early on this was a terrorist attack. the report showed it was probably perpetrated by groups affiliated by al qaeda. they purposely mislead the american public. we need to get to the bottom of who directed ambassador rice to do that. it falls on president obama. megyn: who briefed you this morning? >> we had a number of people from the intelligence community as well as the department of defense as well as
ron johnson joins me now. senator, welcome to the program. what can you tell us about this morning and what we learned. did the ball get advanced into this investigation in benghazi? >> i came away from that hearing with the conclusion that this administration mislead the american public for a couple weeks after that attack and used ambassador rice as the tool to go on the sunday news programs to do part of the large job of that misleading. when she went on those talk shows and said in...
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can i say that i think that it is wrong to bring up the presidency of lyndon johnson? most people back and did not have more than a television and a refrigerator, maybe some heat. that just does not compare to the energy needs of today. for my comment, what i wanted to say was with the cost of hundreds of billions of dollars to create a full infrastructure, would it not be less expensive, with higher yields, and better continuity if each home just created its own energy? if we removed the need of an -- for an all or nothing grid in this country and the investment would be back into the homes rather than the country? >> you have raised -- guest: you have raised all the different sides of the concerns i have wrestled with for years. you are right to say that in the age of lyndon johnson, we used far less electricity. your home today has 24 devices, 42 light bulbs, and countless other machines, like microwaves and so on, all of them running on electricity. while some use less than others, we use a lot of electricity. something like 45% of all homeowners leave the televisi
can i say that i think that it is wrong to bring up the presidency of lyndon johnson? most people back and did not have more than a television and a refrigerator, maybe some heat. that just does not compare to the energy needs of today. for my comment, what i wanted to say was with the cost of hundreds of billions of dollars to create a full infrastructure, would it not be less expensive, with higher yields, and better continuity if each home just created its own energy? if we removed the need...
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[cheers and applause] senator johnson. thank you, senator johnson, for your help. lieutenant governor kleefisch, thank you for your help. former governor and future united states senator, tommy thompson. thank you. [cheers and applause] chairman reince priebus, a hometown guy and, hall-of-famer, bart starr, thank you very much. [cheers and applause] old friend here too, ann wall was kind enough to speak here. my son is joining us. my youngest son is campaigning. my boys have been campaigning all over the country. this is a family affair for us. their support means a lot to me and yours, the work you have done, the contacts made in wisconsin over the last month have just blown everybody away. i want to thank you for the work you're doing. that will help us get this victory. [cheers and applause] now, our thoughts today also turn to people in the country that are still recovering, in many cases from the hurricane that hit the atlantic coast. a lot of people having very tough times. i hope you keep them in your thoughts and prayers. if you have an extra dollar or more
[cheers and applause] senator johnson. thank you, senator johnson, for your help. lieutenant governor kleefisch, thank you for your help. former governor and future united states senator, tommy thompson. thank you. [cheers and applause] chairman reince priebus, a hometown guy and, hall-of-famer, bart starr, thank you very much. [cheers and applause] old friend here too, ann wall was kind enough to speak here. my son is joining us. my youngest son is campaigning. my boys have been campaigning...
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andrew johnson. andrew johnson becomes the vice president and again, you know, i think most americans -- you are a great presidential historian. you probably knew all about andrew johnson. you know, most people -- andrew johnson, the vice president when lincoln was assasinated in 1965. andrew johnson was one of the very few -- the only -- correct me if i'm wrong, southern senator chosen to help as -- as a vice president for his bravery and the idea he could help the healing, help bind the wounds at the end of the civil war. didn't want want to come to the inauguration, was scared of it. finally was convinced by lincoln, direct order, get your tail up here to washington on his way to the capitol, stopped off and got loaded. and proceeded to deliver at the inaugural ceremony a drunken rant. of course, very shortly thereafter, lincoln is tragically assasinated and a lot of people have questions, real serious doubts as to whether johnson is a southerner had been involved because booth had come to his boa
andrew johnson. andrew johnson becomes the vice president and again, you know, i think most americans -- you are a great presidential historian. you probably knew all about andrew johnson. you know, most people -- andrew johnson, the vice president when lincoln was assasinated in 1965. andrew johnson was one of the very few -- the only -- correct me if i'm wrong, southern senator chosen to help as -- as a vice president for his bravery and the idea he could help the healing, help bind the...
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bruce johnson with perhaps the toughest job tonight. thank you, bruce. anita. >> going back to critical issues in maryland that are still too close to call, the comptroller is joining me. we are talking about issue 7. gaming. something you have been a vocal opponent of from the beginning. why? >> yes. first let me congratulate president obama for winning. my view of the national politics is we need tomorrow to start coming together as a country. this campaign between republicans and the democrats, sure there are differences but we are one country and one state. let's start to coming to th. >> need to -- coming together. >> need to get past the gridlock in the senate as well. >> yes. it is a very closer collection. i have been opposed to gaming because i'm concerned that this tsunami of special interest money from out of state casino companies coming into maryland is going to really tilt the state in the wrong direction. almost 100 $100 million has been spent on both sides of this gambling issue. i have said it is not going to produce jobs, it is not goin
bruce johnson with perhaps the toughest job tonight. thank you, bruce. anita. >> going back to critical issues in maryland that are still too close to call, the comptroller is joining me. we are talking about issue 7. gaming. something you have been a vocal opponent of from the beginning. why? >> yes. first let me congratulate president obama for winning. my view of the national politics is we need tomorrow to start coming together as a country. this campaign between republicans and...
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roosevelt is the only president that comes close is lyndon johnson who's successes were overwhelmed by his failures -- skipping forward, the second indictment of obama -- the reason this happened is the republican's leadership in congress grasped early on bring this about by denying his -- [ applause ] >> stephanie: which is why i think it's such amazing timing. what are you going with chris christie? there are no republicans and democrats in a storm, and this is what he has been trying to do since day one. >> and if he had more cooperative republicans they would have gotten more stuff done. >> stephanie: exactly. making obama promise to transcend -- returning republicans to power depends on the election. this is the case that mitt romney is trying to make right now. oh, i'm the only one that can work across the aisle. obama has proved himself that he is easily the best president on his own terms he overwhelmingly deserves reelection. >> stephanie: thank you. that is posted up on our facebook page. >> it's a good piece. >> stephanie: thank you. betty in chicago you are on the "stephani
roosevelt is the only president that comes close is lyndon johnson who's successes were overwhelmed by his failures -- skipping forward, the second indictment of obama -- the reason this happened is the republican's leadership in congress grasped early on bring this about by denying his -- [ applause ] >> stephanie: which is why i think it's such amazing timing. what are you going with chris christie? there are no republicans and democrats in a storm, and this is what he has been trying...
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gary johnson is on the ballot. what role will third-party candidates have in close states in close races? guest: there was some concern early in virginia in terms of what the impact would be there. what you normally see, unless there is a strong campaign out there, you see about 1% of the total vote being split up between these candidates. that could make a difference in some of these close states. it is hard to predict. you are not getting enough in your sample. guest: i agree. it is tough to predict. we are seeing gary johnson get a little bit more earlier. mexico is a state that had been close. he was a governor there and that could have been close. host: a lot of you calling in on the election tabulation. we will be focusing on this tomorrow morning on "washington journal." we will be talking with the legal director with the lawyer's committee. we will talk about how the votes are tabulated and how they are checked and cross check. the national journal has this on its recent cover. republicans need more of thes
gary johnson is on the ballot. what role will third-party candidates have in close states in close races? guest: there was some concern early in virginia in terms of what the impact would be there. what you normally see, unless there is a strong campaign out there, you see about 1% of the total vote being split up between these candidates. that could make a difference in some of these close states. it is hard to predict. you are not getting enough in your sample. guest: i agree. it is tough to...
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a conversation with susan ford bayles and lynda johnson robb. following the assassination of president kennedy and the resignation of president nixon. this of that in new york is an hour and 15 minutes -- this event in new york is an hour and 15 minutes. >> susan ford bales is the daughter of president gerald ford and betty ford. she lived in the white house during her high school years and served as an official hostess. she is a member of the board of directors. they helped launch the national breast cancer awareness month and she has served as a national spokesman for national breast cancer awareness. she is the author of two novels. "double exposure." and its sequel, "sharp focus." she worked as a photojournalist for the associated press, at newsweek, and ladies home journal. she is here with her husband and she follows her father to the stage who spoke here when he was the minority leader of the house of representatives. lynda johnson robb is president of the national home library foundation and a member of the board of the lbj foundation. [
a conversation with susan ford bayles and lynda johnson robb. following the assassination of president kennedy and the resignation of president nixon. this of that in new york is an hour and 15 minutes -- this event in new york is an hour and 15 minutes. >> susan ford bales is the daughter of president gerald ford and betty ford. she lived in the white house during her high school years and served as an official hostess. she is a member of the board of directors. they helped launch the...
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that is what lyndon johnson did, that is what george h. w. bush did. that is how you get it done. one thing he knows how to do his campaign. if you read bob woodward's book, he was totally absent in the disaster of august 2011. i'm sorry, 2011, yes. look, this is his opportunity. republicans have put that on and i don't think they need to go further in putting revenue on the table. but they need to make the president lead. they have to tell the president. when we see these labor advertisements and what the president is doing, they think the campaign is still on. it is not. the person who has suffered the most, it was president obama on the issue of leadership. that is what is required. you you get in, you deal when you compromise. you say it's my way or the highway. megyn: it does feel like it's a campaign in many ways. pat mentioned the unions at a time to buy these advertisements, the so-called safety net, that is how they refer to social security, medicaid, medicare, education costs, they don't want any cuts. they want all tax hikes. and then you have jim messina coming out and
that is what lyndon johnson did, that is what george h. w. bush did. that is how you get it done. one thing he knows how to do his campaign. if you read bob woodward's book, he was totally absent in the disaster of august 2011. i'm sorry, 2011, yes. look, this is his opportunity. republicans have put that on and i don't think they need to go further in putting revenue on the table. but they need to make the president lead. they have to tell the president. when we see these labor advertisements...
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he was the first democrat to carry the counts -- counties since lyndon johnson. he'll probably need carry it again if he's going to win ohio. on the other side, those collar counties just outside of hamilton in particular, warren county, is a very large republican county. john mccain underperformed there in 2008. if mitt romney is going to have to carry the state, it's going to be much better. host: david lauter is the bureau chief of the "l.a. times." thank you. guest: it's a pleasure. host: election night coverage starts at 8:00. you can see the election results of the presidential race. look at the senate house and governance races, and your reaction to what is going on. look for it on c-span. listen it to on c-span radio. and also on c-span.org. joining us now to talk and continue on this election day coverage, greg gumbel -- greg jerry ree -- giroux. guest: guest: in a presidential election as close as this one as the polls project, we can't fore close the possibility of that happening. the constitution holds for electoral college process you should which th
he was the first democrat to carry the counts -- counties since lyndon johnson. he'll probably need carry it again if he's going to win ohio. on the other side, those collar counties just outside of hamilton in particular, warren county, is a very large republican county. john mccain underperformed there in 2008. if mitt romney is going to have to carry the state, it's going to be much better. host: david lauter is the bureau chief of the "l.a. times." thank you. guest: it's a...
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a behind the scenes look at life as a teenager in the white house with susan ford bales and lyndon johnson robb. just after one, how scientists are using gain skills and gaming theories to solve world problems. >> a quick reminder that at 12:30 we'll hear from julius genachowski discussing policy. that's about 10 minutes away. right now "wall street journal" reporter andrew grossman talks about the latest in hurricanes and relief efforts from today's "washington journal." >> andrew grossman is a reporter with "the wall street journal." good morning. thank you for being here. you cover the new delegation, new york politics and you were just in the region on vice president biden's trip up there tell us about the damage that you saw along the coast of new jersey and new york. what's the situation like a couple weeks later? >> we spent a lot of time on the jersey shore and there i haven't seen that yet. it was really bad. there's entire towns, a lot of these are beach communities, on a barrier island. they are still streets that are covered with sand. it looks like snow essentially. the our ho
a behind the scenes look at life as a teenager in the white house with susan ford bales and lyndon johnson robb. just after one, how scientists are using gain skills and gaming theories to solve world problems. >> a quick reminder that at 12:30 we'll hear from julius genachowski discussing policy. that's about 10 minutes away. right now "wall street journal" reporter andrew grossman talks about the latest in hurricanes and relief efforts from today's "washington...
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by the conservative components of the party, the governor, who voted for roosevelt and he never saw johnson. he took that very personally on election day. he lost california by 3773 votes. it took two days. he was president for 10 minutes. he calls the his apartment in new york, the butler answer is, and he says, "the president- elect has gone to bed." "welcome and will you tell him when he wakes up that he's no longer president?" literally that is what happened. in those days it took a few days to get all of the returns from the west which turned out to be to his volley. been the greatest issue became preparedness. host: this history show a good track record of when these problems arise to finding ways to counteract them or at least fix them before the next elections take place? guest: policy issues? host: or procedures, what ever. guest: survival has a remarkable effect on political parties. it was unified and vehemently anti-wilson. it came up that year to be warren g. harding of ohio. the rest, as they say, is history. host: talking about the history of close presidential elections with
by the conservative components of the party, the governor, who voted for roosevelt and he never saw johnson. he took that very personally on election day. he lost california by 3773 votes. it took two days. he was president for 10 minutes. he calls the his apartment in new york, the butler answer is, and he says, "the president- elect has gone to bed." "welcome and will you tell him when he wakes up that he's no longer president?" literally that is what happened. in those...
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alexis mcgill johnson the executive director for american values institute. terry holt, former bush-cheney national spokesman and former senior advisor to the rnc. good to see both of you. terry, compromise seemed like a dirty word in the outgoing congress a lot of times. now that we're post-election, we have the lame duck, what do you think? does john boehner have the backing of his conference? >> boehner comes in probably stronger than he did in two years ago when we were facing off with president obama over stimulus and so forth. he won a lot of those battles. this year i think it is even more, republicans come in even more united resolve against increases in tax rates. we have reason to be optimistic. president obama said on friday, gave a presser, and didn't mention his tax rates promise. so we feel like if we can be united and strong together, we can go into an effort to find common ground without this, this evil empire of new rates, new tax increased rates and for that i think that boehner holds a pretty strong hand. rick: alexis, how willing do you th
alexis mcgill johnson the executive director for american values institute. terry holt, former bush-cheney national spokesman and former senior advisor to the rnc. good to see both of you. terry, compromise seemed like a dirty word in the outgoing congress a lot of times. now that we're post-election, we have the lame duck, what do you think? does john boehner have the backing of his conference? >> boehner comes in probably stronger than he did in two years ago when we were facing off...
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. >> movies adams was born louisa johnson. her father was in the american consul when london when the two of them met. she was born in london but her parents are american and they were brilliant brilliantly educated. she had an education at home but she could read latin and greek and was well versed in the history of literature so they fell in love and had a long war marriage of more than 50 years. they had their ups and downs as most families to and they had more than their fair share of tragedies. she was subject to many miscarriages. they lost a little girl when she was just a-year-old. she got dysentery in st. petersburg russia and two of the three boys died of alcoholism and survived charles francis and gave them some grand children so they doted over the grand children for quite awhile but most of the time they were very, very happy. you mentioned he was a grouch and occasionally he was. i really can't explain it. if you ask them what happened, in berlin the suffered a miscarriage and he was quite pale and the empress se
. >> movies adams was born louisa johnson. her father was in the american consul when london when the two of them met. she was born in london but her parents are american and they were brilliant brilliantly educated. she had an education at home but she could read latin and greek and was well versed in the history of literature so they fell in love and had a long war marriage of more than 50 years. they had their ups and downs as most families to and they had more than their fair share of...
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i'm going to vote for gary johnson, not really excited about this election. but when i look at what has budged in terms of things i'm interested in, it hasn't been coming so much from the cato institute by the tea party and ron paul that have really pushed the core libertarian issues to the forefront. the point we're talking about the fed is no longer crazy talk. i appreciate that. most people come out of the conservative side. i would like to see someone from the liberals, so bill, get work them and want to thank everyone for coming. i would like to thank my colleagues. this is a very interesting election and the first in my lifetime when a candidate with the outcome will be. if you put a gun in my head right now, i would say there is probably going to be a popular electoral vote mismatch. mitt romney winning popular vote and the president getting reelected by winning in the electoral college. but the truth of the matter is that the margins we are looking at it so slender that we don't know. conservatism, though, is at a crossroads in the lot is not necessar
i'm going to vote for gary johnson, not really excited about this election. but when i look at what has budged in terms of things i'm interested in, it hasn't been coming so much from the cato institute by the tea party and ron paul that have really pushed the core libertarian issues to the forefront. the point we're talking about the fed is no longer crazy talk. i appreciate that. most people come out of the conservative side. i would like to see someone from the liberals, so bill, get work...